Soft-Boiled: An Investigation of Masculinity and the Writer's Life

By Stephen J. West

Soft-Boiled follows Stephen J. West as he shadows a private investigator by the name of Frank Streets. What starts out as a last-ditch effort to write West's first book--while juggling responsibilities as a husband and new father--becomes a critical reflection on art-making, storytelling, and masculinity in America. Blending memoir, reportage, criticism, and detective thriller into one capacious yet focused narrative, Soft-Boiled is a lyrical and aching self-reflexive portrait of an artist that asks the questions so many men are afraid to ask.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0982783876
• ISBN13: 9780982783870
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Kelson Books
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 7.9"